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Definition of Plant Layout

Plant Layout is the physical arrangement of equipment and facilities within a Plant. The Plant Layout can be indicated on a floor plan showing the distances between different features of the plant. Optimizing the Layout of a Plant can improve productivity, safety and quality of Products. Uneccessary efforts of materials handling can be avoided when the Plant Layout is optimized. This is valid for:

- Distances Material has to move

- Distances Equipment has to move

- Distances Operators have to move

- Types of Handling Euipment needed

- Energy required to move items agianst resistance (i.e. gravity)

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